2010 December | Inhabitots

NEW! Boon Creatures Interchangeable Bath Toy Cup Set

by Jennifer Chait, 12/11/10

The new soon-to-arrive Creatures Interchangeable Bath Toy Cup Set from Boon will delight your little one in the tub. With these fun little creature cups your child can mix and match pieces to invent new brightly colored sea creatures. Water loving tots can fill them up, pour them out and watch the water trickle out the tiny holes on their sea creature heads. Like all Boon bath toys, these little creatures are BPA-free, phthalate-free and PVC-free. Plus, they’re also soft and flexible, perfect for tiny hands. Oh, and in case you missed it, Boon is on a roll lately, literally, with their amazing new portable LED nightlights.

+ Coming Spring 2011

+ Boon

Sleepy Time Vintage Fabric Lavender Owls

by Jennifer Chait, 12/10/10

Pure. Owl. Bliss. For little ones who have trouble drifting off to dreamland, these amazingly cute Lavender Owls may help speed up the process. Made by Etsy shop Pouch, each of these adorable owls is chemical-free and handmade with vintage fabrics, French lavender and non-allergenic stuffing. You can slip one under a tot’s pillow, place one in a drawer or even hang them in a closet to repel moths. We think Lavender Owls make a perfect eco-friendly stocking stuffer too! Beyond these cute owls, Pouch designs a vast range of eco-friendly products made with vintage fabric, such as bags, purses, accessories and housewares.

+ Lavender Owls $12.50

+ Pouch

Vote to Empower Kids with Type 1 Diabetes

by Brit Liggett, 12/10/10

This month the Pepsi Refresh Project is giving $1.3 million away in grants to worthy humanitarian and environmental efforts across the country. A lot of these initiatives are focused on raising healthy kids and this month we’d like to urge you to vote for the dStory project. It’s a plan put together by the Diabetes Education and Camping Association that will help to raise awareness about type 1 diabetes and empower children living with the disease — type 1 is the insulin dependent kind. Rates of diabetes are on the rise around the world — some researchers are linking this to environmental toxins — but the realities of the disease aren’t widely known. By casting your vote you’ll be helping kids live long healthy lives by sending them to diabetes camp and giving them the chance to tell the world about what it’s like to be a kid with diabetes. You can vote once a day every day in December!

+ REGISTER AND VOTE HERE

6 Best Eco-Friendly Walkers and Push Toys for Toddlers

by Julie Seguss, 12/10/10

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Makedo Dollhouse Kit Turns Garbage into Architectural Wonders

Who needs Barbie’s Dream House when you can bring your own architectural masterpiece to life? For the aspiring archi-tot in your life, there’s the dollhouse kit from Makedo, an Australian company that makes connector systems for turning trash into works of art. Designed for kids from ages 5 and up, the dollhouse kit includes 57 pins, hinges, and clips for punching and clamping materials (such as cardboard, plastic and fabric ) together.